Combined pipe wrench and cutter



T. H.5ANDERSON. COMBINED PIPE WRENCH AND CUTTER. No. 508.077.. PatentedNov. 7, 1893.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES.

TILLMAN H. ANDERSON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF SPENCER, INDIANA.

COMBINED PIPE WRENCH AND CUTTER.

SPEGIFIGATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 508,077, dated November7, 1893.

Application filed June 16, l 893. Serial No. 477,871. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TILLMAN H. ANDERSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Spen-.

cer, in the county of Owen and State of Indiana, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in a Combined Pipe Wrench and Cutter; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe wrench and cutter; and its objects are hereinafter more fullydescribed.

I attain the ends by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying.drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of awrench'constructed according to the principles of my invention. Fig.2 isa central,longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse,sectional elevation of the pivoted jaw on the line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig.4is a detail end view of said jawshowing the position of the parts whenthe cutter is in use; and Fig. 5, is a similar view showing the cutternot in use.

The same designations indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

A represents the handle of an angular headed wrench B, provided on itsupper face with a series of teeth S, and on the adjacent face thereto,with a gage W. A jaw 0 slides on said wrench coaxially therewith and isprovided with integral bearings E wherein the jaw G is pivotallysuspended by pin F. The jaw G is provided at its rear end with adentated are T adapted to mesh with the teeth S of the wrench, wherebythe altitude of said jaw is varied. The forward end of the jaw G isrigidly held in the casing D which is variably adjustable thereto bymeans of the wing screw I and spring J, slots cut in the sides of thecasing D serving to permit its vibration on the termini of the pin V.The

upper end of the jaw G is recessed to accommodate the motions of thecutter U in its respective positions of utility and inutility; and thesides of the slot so formed are serrated at H to grasp the pipe. Fromthe inner ends of the casing D curved arms K, dentated at L, projectadapted to pass through slots formed in a projection X on the jaw O,engaging thus the spring-impelled arms N therein; release of saidengagement being procured by impelling downwardly the lugs M on saidarms.

The cutter U is mounted on a pin Q capable of motion in the angular slot0 P in the jaw G, whereby the cutter will alternately be brought intoand out of contact with the pipe. In either position the pin Q isrigidly held by the cam screw R located ad jaccntly thereto andrevoluble like an ordinary screw.

It will be apparent that upon releasing the arms K and N from contact,by depressing the lugs M, that the jaw G will assume the positionindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, during which time-and no other-itsaltitude on the wrench B can be regulated by reading of the diameter ofthe pipe, to be worked, in the gage W.

Having thus fully described my improvements, what I claim is In awrench, the angular head B integrally formed with the dentated handle Aprovided with a gage W, in combination with the sliding jaw 0 providedwith bearings E; the dentated jaw G pivotally suspended by pin F andprovided at its rear end with a dentated are T registering with theteeth on handle A; the cutter U located in a recess of jaw G andadjustable therein so as to be brought a'nd maintained in contact withthe pipe at will; the spring-controlled wing screw I to vary the angleof jaw G to the pipe; and the springimpelled arms N, provided with lugsM, adapted to lock the toothed arms K of the jaw G,-

in position, as set forth and for the purpose described. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TILLMAN H. ANDERSON. Witnesses:

J 0s. W. WILLIAMS, R. MCNEILL.

